There's no doubt the Newt Gingrich surge is real, and it's apparently spreading to South Carolina - with new private polling showing the former House Speaker leading Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, another southerner, by a 2-to-1 margin. Continue Reading

The numbers from Kellyanne Conway's Polling Company show Gingrich getting 31 percent, while Cain gets 17 percent and Romney gets 16 percent. No other hopeful cracked double digits (Rick Perry was the closest, with 6 percent).

In the second-choice balloting there, Gingrich did best, 22 percent to Cain's 18 percent, and Romney's 16 percent. Perry is in fourth place, at 12 percent, among "second choices."

In New Hampshire, the situation is flipped - Romney getes 35 percent, with 20 percent of that support a hard "yes."

Gingrich places second there, with 18 percent, and Ron Paul is in third place at 10 percent. Huntsman is at 9 percent, Cain 8 percent, Perry and Michele Bachmann both get 4 percent, and Rick Santorum gets 2 percent.

In second-place balloting in New Hampshire, Gingrich and Romney are essentially tied - 22 percent for the former House Speaker and 21 percent for the former neighbor-state governor. No other candidate broke 10 percent on the second-choice question.

Geezus. If Romney or Newbie is the only two left standing, then I guess I am missing the election. I have NOTHING for either of them, they don’t believe in anything that I believe in, both are RINOs in my opinion, Newbie has tons of baggage WHICH the leftist MSM will blast the airways with this garbage if he is the one. You will hear daily about his baggage. The message will be totally lost. And I refuse, flat refuse to vote for Romney. PERIOD.

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posted on 11/22/2011 12:17:15 PM PST
by RetiredArmy
(The End of Days draws near. In this time, you should be drawing closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.)

>> Actually, I think Romney is a BETTER choice than Gingrich. On the issues, they are indistinguishable. Romney is just as good a debater, and has less personal baggage to answer for. <<

I'm probably in the minority on FR, but I agree with you and rank Newt below Romney. They're both RINO sellouts who know how to talk conservative but suck up to liberals and would drive over their own grandma to get votes. The main difference is Romney is much more personable and has far less scandals. Voters can't stand Newt regardless of how effective he is at debating. Pretty much if we nominate Newt, we guarantee Obama a second term.

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posted on 11/22/2011 12:53:12 PM PST
by BillyBoy
(Rick Perry, the governor with a heart... for illegal aliens.)

I can’t believe we are about to nominate Newt fricking Gingrich and he is probably the best choice. I will need to be convinced not to either sit this one out or vote for a 3rd party. I am sure as heck not excited.

“There’s no doubt the Newt Gingrich surge is real, and it’s apparently spreading to South Carolina - with new private polling showing the former House Speaker leading Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, another southerner, by a 2-to-1 margin.”

Thing are looking good, very good.

I’m looking forward to poll updates, now that Huckabee has decided that he wants to be Romney’s little friend.

You mean other than Obama thanking Mitt for Romneycare as the blueprint for Obamacare ... nah, that will never come up in the campaign.

BTW, Mittens is NOT a good debater (go back to 2008 for proof). He is the only candidate that has gotten the velvet glove treatment from the press so far, which is why he appears to be “good”. Thing about the velvet glove is, it is removed in the general election. Newt has already shown he can battle the “iron fist” ... Mittens has not.

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posted on 11/22/2011 1:26:12 PM PST
by RainMan
(Newt - after considering all the others, he is our best choice. Gingrich/Palin 2012)

Judging by anti-Obama gear sales, I don't think any Republican will lose to the tyrant.

But you know that Obama is going to pull out all the stops on this one...it'll be the dirtiest, most dishonest campaign in the history of the country. If Obama loses, he'll probably have to leave the country to avoid indictment.

As Chris Rock summed up Obama's second term (which will begin with the campaign)..."He's gonna go gansta! We don't want justice...we want retribution!" (I paraphrase).

I don’t buy this poll. Does KEllyAnn believe Newt is really up that much in SC? It is out of touch with other polling done in SC. Neither Cain nor Romney ever had that type of lead when they were “surging”. I just don’t buy this poll unless others come out to vindicate it.

Actually, Kellyanne Conway is the (sometimes on Fox) lady who has on several occasions hinted that she leans toward Mitt Romney, and has in fact been kind of a Romney defense person in duel-style left/right debates with Huffington folks previously.

To her credit, she does try to stay independent, though.

If her polling says Romney is down bad in SC, the state to decide every GOP nominee, it is VERY bad news for Mitt. The worst news for him is that even SHE shows Mitt faltering badly in NH.

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posted on 11/22/2011 2:31:12 PM PST
by TitansAFC
(Doug Hoffman says it's good to support Newt, so stop being mad on his behalf when he doesn't want it)

Sir,
That was a long time ago. Newt is NOT what he was 15 years ago. He has turned into a political chameleon who has sold out the conservatives of the party time and time again in recent memory.

For crying out loud read up on the man. The evidence is everywhere...The NY state election, The ad with Pelosi, his support for single payer mandate with healthcare and his own book on environmentalism and his support for the left wing causes on global warming!

The Speaker of the House is in control of the House. The Constitution says “The Speaker and other officers.” Therefore, the Speaker is the LEAD Officer of the House.

And officers OFFICIALLY lead. In the case of the Speaker, he is the presiding officer.

“The Speaker’s powers and duties extend beyond presiding in the chamber. In particular, the Speaker has great influence over the committee process. The Speaker selects nine of the thirteen members of the powerful Committee on Rules, subject to the approval of the conference of the majority party. (The leadership of the minority party chooses remaining four members.) Furthermore, the Speaker appoints all members of select committees and conference committees. Moreover, when a bill is introduced, the Speaker determines which committee shall consider it. As a member of the House, the Speaker is entitled to participate in debate and to vote but, by custom, only does so in exceptional circumstances. Ordinarily, the Speaker votes only when their vote would be decisive, and on matters of great importance (such as constitutional amendments).”

So, yes. Speakers govern the House of Representatives, a terribly difficult job of leading powerful independent men and women. Like herding cats.

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posted on 11/22/2011 4:18:33 PM PST
by xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their VICTORY!)

That's not what I said. I said he supported the same thing as Romney, which is true. Of course, if I'm not mistaken, Newt favored the individual mandate at the federal level, which is worse than Romneycare, and worse than what Romney is proposing.

I am saying Newt on policy is just as bad and in some cases worse than Romney. Whether or not he is susceptible depends on how badly the Tea Party wants to let Newt pull the wool over their eyes.

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posted on 11/22/2011 4:41:59 PM PST
by Huck
(LIBERTY is the object.)

Newt didn’t accomplish all that much. Those balanced budgets were phony, for starters. The increase in revenues was a Greenspan bubble and a tech boom, not any real hard choices by government. And in the end, Newt got PWNED by Slick Willie and lost the speakership.

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posted on 11/22/2011 4:46:45 PM PST
by Huck
(LIBERTY is the object.)

Here in conservative South Carolina it's Cain all the way...Newt as a Georgia boy neighbor may have a shot but Mitt is as well liked as General Sherman.

We still have an open primary so the Dems could give it to Mitt if they are properly organized—yet we also have a very large social conservative black population who may want to fix the mistake they made with Obama by voting for a real American black man this time.

Regardless, on January 21, 2012, we will elect the next President of the United States.

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posted on 11/22/2011 4:59:12 PM PST
by Happy Rain
( "Many of the most useful idiots of the Left are on the Right.")

This is BS. I live in SC. This state is in the Cain column. Had to do some real creative statisticsl “analysis” to come up with that crap. SC is a Bible Belt state, for God’s sake. Doing religion here is a highly competive endeavor. Churches and synogogs abound which a of of people attend church/synogog, go to Sunday School and support local charities regualrly.

This poll wants me to believe all these religious folks will just ignore Newt’s three marriages—not to mention all the other RINO stuff he’s engaged in and not to mention his foundation being paid for global warming conslulting to the AOnada regime.

As for Romney—there is no one in the South in his/her right mind that will vote for anyone who supports Onada/Romney care.

Actually, I won’t stay home. I will vote for the other people on the ticket. ESPECIALLY ALL THOSE GOOD CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE BEEN ELECTING HERE IN ALABAMA. You want Romney, you can have Obama lite all you want. I will not vote for him. You have your choice and I have mine. So you use yours.

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posted on 11/22/2011 5:51:36 PM PST
by RetiredArmy
(The End of Days draws near. In this time, you should be drawing closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.)

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